Xi Jinping’s cultural feelings 丨 "The Grand Canal is a valuable heritage left by the ancestors"

Thousands of canal, walk through. The Grand Canal witnessed the struggle and prosperity of the Chinese nation. For more than two thousand years, she has flowed at the rare time and space scale in the world to this day. As an important cultural symbol, the Grand Canal is also attracted to the world. In 2014, the Grand Canal was included in the World Heritage List.

How can this thousand -year -old water vein that runs through the 5 major water systems and flow through 8 provinces and cities flow to the future more glorious? General Secretary Xi Jinping is deeply concerned, Nian Zizhang ——

In February 2017, in the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal Forest Park, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the results of the governance of the ecological environment along the Grand Canal, and pointed out that "Protecting the Grand Canal is the common responsibility of all areas along the canal" " Core historical and cultural resources ".

Four months later, General Secretary Xi Jinping gave an important instructions on the construction of the Grand Canal Culture Belt: the Grand Canal is a valuable heritage left by the ancestors to us. It is a culture of flow.

"As a" flowing culture ", the Grand Canal is both flowing in time and the stretch of space. It has been connected to the city of Runze people with more than 2,500 years, winding nearly 3,200 kilometers, and connecting the canal along the coast of the canal. It is the context of inheritance of history. "Said He Yunzan, Dean of the Cultural Expo Archeology Branch of the Grand Canal Culture Belt Construction Research Institute.

Under the guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping's care, the overall planning and orderly promotion of various protection work: establishing inheritance archives and monitoring systems, formulating a series of local regulations to protect the World Cultural Heritage Grand Canal, and introduced the "Grand Canal Cultural Protection and Inheritance Planning Outline " The overall protection and inheritance of the Grand Canal Culture uses the finger of fingers.

This is the Sanwan Scenic Area (UAV photo) taken on May 25, 2022. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo Photo

In November 2020, in the Yangzhou Canal Sanwan Ecological Cultural Park, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected along the hydrophilic trail to understand the results achieved by the Grand Canal Cultural Protection and Hermia.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "For thousands of years, the canal nourish the cities and people on both sides of the strait, which is the rich river and happiness river of the people on both sides of the canal. I hope everyone will protect the Grand Canal and benefit the people forever." Protecting the improvement of the same ecological environmental protection, the protection and repair of famous towns along the line, the development of cultural tourism integration, and the improvement of the Canal shipping transformation, and create favorable conditions for the economic and social development of the regional economic and social development of the Grand Canal. "

"At that time, I took my son at the scene. When I heard the General Secretary cared so much about the Grand Canal, we felt warm and confident." Zhang Qingshen, a citizen of Yangzhou, had emotion. "My generations have grown up by the canal, and the Grand Canal is us. The homeland of survival is even more unbelievable. "

Citizens visited outside the Yangzhou Grand Canal Museum (taken on June 15, 2021). Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo Photo

Entering July, ushered in the summer peak season. As the iconic project of the construction of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park, the Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum is made of 15,000 appointments every day, and often achieves "second empty" on weekends, becoming a new cultural landmark of Yangzhou in the ancient city.

"The museum was born because of 'Yun". In the immersive visit experience, adults can explore the history of the Grand Canal, understand the past and present of the Grand Canal, children can approach the Grand Canal, fall in love with the Grand Canal in the interactive experience, and perceive the flow. The cultural heritage is by our side, "said Zheng Jing, the curator of the museum.

Start with ecology, write in culture, beaded into a chain, and a "cultural jade belt" connects countless material and non -material cultural heritage along the coast, and opens a new chapter of the history of the Grand Canal--

The Beijing Grand Canal Culture Belt is increasingly recovering. The first choice of study; Suzhou has improved the landscape of the canal with the construction of the "Ten Scenery of the Canal", restored cultural relics such as ancient posts and water pier, and continued to write Gusu's prosperity on the Grand Canal ...

35 cities along the route have made great efforts to build the Grand Canal's bright cultural belt, green ecological belt, and colorful tourist belt. The canal of the canal are shining. Gu Feng, the former director of the Yangzhou Cultural Relics Bureau, who had served as the Director of the Grand Canal Joint Application Office, said with emotion: "The Grand Canal has ushered in a new life cycle in more than 2500 years!"

From the stretching of thousands of miles and fishing fires in historical time, to the green shore of Wumin Feng and the water of the water in the real picture, the Grand Canal inherits the context, and the vitality is surging.

Source 丨 Xinhua News Agency

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